Exclusive: New TV adaptation of feature ‘The Net’ in the works

As part of his new deal at Sony Pictures TV, features producer Irwin Winkler is looking to once again turn his 1995 Sandra Bullock film "The Net" into a TV series.

"The Net" was adapted as a TV series once before; that short-lived 1998 USA Network skein starred Brooke Langton.

This time around, John Brancato and Michael Ferris — who wrote the original feature screenplay — will adapt the series themselves. Project hasn't yet been shopped to networks.

"We thought it would make a great TV series," Winkler said of the movie that revolved around a software analyst who becomes embroiled in the netherworld of computer-driven espionage and identity theft. "A lot of people said it was ahead of its time anyhow."